Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
Filed: 5/13/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1340




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1340 on page 1, 
3line 4, by replacing "Section" with "Sections 2-3.64c and"; and
 

4on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
5following:


 
 
6    "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.64c)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2015)
8    Sec. 2-3.64c. Assessment Review Task Force.  The State 
9Superintendent of Education shall appoint a task force to 
10review standardized assessments.  The task force shall consist 
11of all of the following individuals:
12        (1)  Two parents.
13        (2)  One educator representing a statewide professional 
14    teachers' organization.
15        (3)  One educator representing a different statewide 
16    professional teachers' organization.
 
 
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1        (4)  One educator representing a professional teachers' 
2    organization in a city having a population exceeding 
3    500,000.
4        (5)  One early childhood educator.
5        (6)  One school district administrator representing an 
6    association representing school administrators.
7        (7)  One school principal representing an association 
8    representing school principals.
9        (8)  One school district board member representing an 
10    association representing school board members.
11        (9)  One early childhood center administrator.
12        (10)  One assessment expert.
13        (11)  One representative of the State Board of 
14    Education.
15        (12)  One representative of regional superintendents of 
16    schools.
17        (13)  One representative of a 4-year institution of 
18    higher education.
19        (14)  One representative of a 2-year institution of 
20    higher education.
21        (15)  One citizen who is a resident of this State.
22        (16) One representative from an organization 
23    representing high school districts. 
24        (17) One bilingual education educator. 
25        (18) One school principal representing an association 
26    representing school principals in a city having a 
 
 
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1    population exceeding 500,000. 
2        (19) One special education administrator of a school 
3    district. 
4The task force shall also consist of the following members 
5appointed as follows: 
6        (A) One member of the Senate appointed by the President 
7    of the Senate. 
8        (B) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
9    Leader of the Senate. 
10        (C) One member of the House of Representatives 
11    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
12        (D) One member of the House of Representatives 
13    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
14    Representatives. 
15    The State Superintendent shall appoint one of the task 
16force members as chairperson of the task force.  The task force 
17shall meet at least 4 times to review standardized assessments.  
18This review shall include at least 5% of school districts in 
19this State that represent a regionally equal sampling selected 
20from among those counties of this State other than Cook County 
21and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County and shall include 
22a school district located in a city having a population over 
23500,000. The task force shall review the content and design of 
24standardized assessments; the time and money expended to 
25prepare for standardized assessments as measured against the 
26purpose of the assessment; parent, student, and educator 
 
 
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1perceptions of the level and intensity of standardized 
2assessments; and any other issues involving standardized 
3assessments identified by the task force.  The State Board of 
4Education shall provide administrative support to the task 
5force.
6    The task force shall report its findings to the Governor 
7and General Assembly no later than December May 31, 2015, and, 
8upon filing its report, the task force is dissolved.  This 
9Section is repealed on January 1, 2016 June 1, 2015. 

10(Source: P.A. 98-1075, eff. 8-26-14.)".